10 Interesting Mikhail Gorbachev Facts

If you like to study about history and politics, you have to read Mikhail Gorbachev Facts. Gorbachev is famous as the former president of former USSR. He was one of the most powerful persons in the world when USSR was still in victory.  Let’s find out the detail information about Gorbachev by reading the facts below:

Mikhail Gorbachev Facts 1: date of birth

Gorbachev was born on 2 March 1931 in Privolnoye, Soviet Union. His full name is Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. His parents were Maria Panteleyevna (Gopkalo) Gorbachev and Sergei Andreyevich Gorbachev.

Mikhail Gorbachev Facts 2: personal life

He married Raisa (Titarenko) Gorbachev from 20 September 1953 till her death in 1999. In 1956, both got a child named Irina.

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Mikhail Gorbachev Facts 3: education

In 1955, he graduated from the faculty of Law in Moscow State University. In 1967, he went to Faculty of Economy at Stavropol Agricultural Institute.

Mikhail Gorbachev Facts 4: Grammy Award

Probably you don’t believe that Actually Gorbachev was nominated for one Grammy award.  He won one.

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Mikhail Gorbachev Facts 5: Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Gorbachev began to work at numerous positions in Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1952. He worked here for more than two decades. He was the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Stavropol Komsomol City Committee in 1955 till 1958.

Mikhail Gorbachev Facts 6: the leader of the USSR

Gorbachev became the leader of USSR after he was elected as the general secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union on 11 March 1985.

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Mikhail Gorbachev Facts 7: President Ronald Reagan

Gorbachev met President Ronald Reagan after he participated in a series of summit talks in 1985 till 1988. In 1987, he signed Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty with the United States. The main purpose for this treaty was to limit the nuclear weapon usage. Learn more on Ronald Reagan facts here.

Mikhail Gorbachev Facts 8: president of the USSR

In 1990, Gorbachev became the president of USSR. He resigned as the president on 25 December 1991. Do you know that Gorbachev won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1990?

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Mikhail Gorbachev Facts 9: awards

There are many other awards that Gorbachev receives such as 2008 Liberty Medal. The medal is gifted by former President George H.W. Bush by the National Constitution Center.

Mikhail Gorbachev Facts 10: the Order of St. Andrew

President Dmitry Medvedev gifted Gorbachev the Order of St. Andrew on 2 March 2011 on his 80th birthday. The award is called as the highest honor in Russia.

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Gorbachev could not attend the funeral of Margaret Thatcher because of his bad health in April 2013. What do you think on facts about Mikhail Gorbachev?